So I tried starting again, and this time the gfx fan span much faster, but still died shortly after, and no change with the cpu fan. The psu fan was much louder, and faster. So I switched back to the hiper and 8800gtx, and noticed that the psu fan was not moving nearly as fast as I think it should be. Does it take awhile for the hiper's fan to reach full speed or something?

So now I'm more confused than ever. It is clear that either my board or my cpu is junk, but how do I find out? I don't have access to systems where I can test the board or the cpu. And what about that hiper psu?

Thanks for the suggestions. Luckily I'll be out of town for the next week, so I really won't notice the shipping times for my new parts. But man, I'm so anxious to get my pc up and running. I already bought all sorts of games for it.